Press Releases
Jun 10, 2020
ACLU-TN Urges Resignation of Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson
Reimagining Policing Requires New Bold Leadership
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 10, 2020
Workers Have Rights to a Safe and Healthy Workplace During COVID-19 Pandemic
NORTH DAKOTA -- While no one wants to be furloughed or unemployed indefinitely, recent surveys show that Americans have mixed feelings about returning to work right now.
In fact, 2...
Jun 09, 2020
ACLU, BLM Seek Emergency Court Order Barring Use of Chemical Weapons on Protesters in Seattle
SEATTLE — Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County, together with individuals protesting police brutality, today sued the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and the city of Seattle to...
Jun 09, 2020
Appeals Court Strikes Down Ruling Requiring Bureau of Prisons to Release Medically Vulnerable People at Elkton Prison
COLUMBUS, OH — Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction that directed the Bureau of Prisons to identify and transfer elderly and medically vulne...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Jun 09, 2020
Amended Complaint Also Adds a New Plaintiff and Seeks Class Status to Represent Hundreds of Individual Demonstrators
WASHINGTON -- After news reports revealed that Federal Bureau of Prisons officers were among the law enforcement agencies who brutally attacked civil rights protestors in Lafayette...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Racial Justice
Jun 09, 2020
ACLU Calls on Hogsett to Reimagine Role of Police in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS - Following Mayor Hogsett’s announcement of IMPD’s use-of-force policy reform Friday, the ACLU of Indiana released the following statement urging Hogsett to commit...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
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Washington, D.C.Dec 2025
Civil Liberties
Voting Rights
United States V. Evans. Explore Case.United States v. Evans
Representing Common Cause and two D.C. voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and has filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that D.C. turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers. -
GeorgiaDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Raffensperger. Explore Case.United States v. Raffensperger
The Department of Justice sued Georgia, demanding the state produce its full, unredacted voter file, which contains highly sensitive and personal data on every voter in the state. This suit appears to be part of the DOJ's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization, improperly question the validity of state voter rolls, and intimidate eligible voters in Georgia and across the country. -
ColoradoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Griswold. Explore Case.United States v. Griswold
Representing Common Cause and two Colorado voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and ACLU of Colorado have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that Colorado turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.